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37. IN A RATE SELECTION COMPUTER DEVICE FOR USE WITH AN AUTOMATICTELEPHONE SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES INPUT MEANS FOR COUPLING SIGNALSREPRESENTATIVE OF DIFFERENT ITEMS OF INFORMATION OF A CALL THERETOINCLUDING SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF AT LEAST THE CALLING AND CALLEDOFFICE CODES, CERTAIN OF WHICH ITEMS ARE REPRESENTED BY A NUMBER OFSIGNALS, A PLURALITY OF OFFICE RECOGNITION MEANS, EACH OF WHICH ISCONNECTED TO SAID INPUT MEANS TO OPERATE RESPONSIVE TO RECEIPT OF ADIFFERENT OFFICE CODE, PLACE SIGNAL MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID RECOGNITIONMEANS FOR PROVIDING A DIFFERENT HOME OFFICE PLACE SIGNAL FOR EACH OFSAID OFFICES RESPONSIVE TO OPERATION OF THE CORRESPONDING OFFICERECOGNITION MEANS, MEANS CONNECTED TO A PREDETERMINED GROUP OF SAIDPLACE SIGNAL MEANS TO PROVIDE A COMMON SIGNAL RESPONSIVE TO OPERATION OFANY ONE OF SAID GROUP, AND A RATE SELECTION MEANS WHICH IS CONNECTED TOPROVIDE A PREDETERMINED RATE INDICATION FOR CALLS BETWEEN ANY ONE OF THEOFFICES OF SAID PREDETERMINED GROUP AND AN OFFICE OF SAID PLURALITY NOTIN SAID GROUP.